Peter Wendell
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Q: Library Will Not Connect to Images on Remote Drive Since Lion

I keep my Aperture library on my local drive but the actual image files on a USB drive connected to an Airport base station. This has been working fine for months. Since I upgraded to Lion, Aperture insists that the volume containg the images is offline even though it is mounted and I can browse it in finder. I tried using the 'Located referenced files' options and re-connecting to one my files, but when I did so Aperture says the file is an 'Unsupported image type'.

 

I would really appreciate any suggestions on how to proceed.

Posted on Jul 20, 2011 8:03 PM

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Peter Wendell Peter Wendell
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A:

Thank you. I've decided to move on to LR3. The notion that a modern program cannot support files stored on a network is, IMHO, absurd. If the Aperture database cannot reliably work with referenced images located on remote storage, then this should be clearly stated in the documentation and the user should not be permitted to do it.

Anyway, with LR3 I get automatic lens abereation correction with raw files which is increasingly essential for me.

Posted on Jul 23, 2011 6:36 PM

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  • by Daghood,

    Daghood Daghood Jul 20, 2011 10:56 PM in response to Peter Wendell
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    Jul 20, 2011 10:56 PM in response to Peter Wendell

    Same for me !

     

    Aperture tells me all my referenced file are offline (on a network drive). I can manually reconnect them but as soon as I close Aperture and re-open it, they are shown offline again !!

     

    This was workgin fine under snow leopard, problem showed up since I installed Lion last night!

     

    I would really appreciate suggestion on this !

     

    Cyril

  • by badmaash,

    badmaash badmaash Jul 20, 2011 11:38 PM in response to Daghood
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    Jul 20, 2011 11:38 PM in response to Daghood

    I just upgraded to Lion and now I have the same problem as you guys. I have a referenced library.. I keep my actual photos on my Time Capsule and now all my photos are offline! I restart everything including the Time Capsule...still my entire library is offline.    I had no problems before the upgrade...I am a little freaked out any suggestions please

  • by Cumulus,

    Cumulus Cumulus Jul 21, 2011 6:02 AM in response to Peter Wendell
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    Jul 21, 2011 6:02 AM in response to Peter Wendell

    Same issue here too. I can reconnect to the referenced files while in Apertue, but if I close the application and re-open it, the referenced files are offline again.

  • by Joachim Frey,

    Joachim Frey Joachim Frey Jul 21, 2011 1:31 PM in response to Daghood
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    Jul 21, 2011 1:31 PM in response to Daghood

    Same issue here.

    My RAW files are on a Mac Server and the Volumes are mounted and I can browse, but Aperture thinks the files are offline. Reconnecting does only work until you quit Aperture.:-(

     

    Apple please help!

     

    Thanks

    JO

  • by bjahill,

    bjahill bjahill Jul 21, 2011 2:46 PM in response to Peter Wendell
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    Jul 21, 2011 2:46 PM in response to Peter Wendell

    Same problem here. My QNAP-NAS-folder for photos is showing "offline" every time I start Aperture. Please help ...!

     

    Bjarne

  • by Peter Wendell,

    Peter Wendell Peter Wendell Jul 21, 2011 4:46 PM in response to Peter Wendell
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    Jul 21, 2011 4:46 PM in response to Peter Wendell

    Just a quick update...I created a new Aperture library and imported photos from the network drive as referenced files. They worked fine until I closed Aperture. when I re-opened Aperture, they all showed as offline.

     

    So, there is obviously some incompatibility between the latest version of Aperture and Lion if even a library created under Lion will not work properly.

  • by drmauro,

    drmauro drmauro Jul 22, 2011 3:06 AM in response to Peter Wendell
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    Jul 22, 2011 3:06 AM in response to Peter Wendell

    Same here... that's what I've done until now:

    1) updated NAS firmware to the last version (lion compatible)

    2) changed file sharing protocol from AFP to SMB

    3) relocated file over and over again

    4) check aperture library in different ways

     

    no luck in no way...

  • by mkalways1,

    mkalways1 mkalways1 Jul 22, 2011 6:22 AM in response to drmauro
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    Jul 22, 2011 6:22 AM in response to drmauro

    I have similar problem with my managed library on an external drive.  It keeps saying processing but eventually crashes.  I can see on the a few of the events image previews that some are really messed up.  I assume there is a corrupted image that wasn't there without lion.  I was able to start a few times when I suspended preview updating (spacebar) but sometimes I can't.  I am wondering if it is from a photoshop modified image.

     

    I have repaired and reconstructed library, repaired system permissions and ran disk repair utility, reinstalled aperture, deleted plist, now what??

  • by rexwui,

    rexwui rexwui Jul 22, 2011 7:13 AM in response to Peter Wendell
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    Jul 22, 2011 7:13 AM in response to Peter Wendell

    Same issue here with my SMB share (HP EX490 Server).  Aperture says my masters are all offline even though the share is properly mounted.  When I try to relocate the reference file for any photo, it says the mounted drive is offline...even though it isn't.

     

    Tried all three database rebuild options.  Still didn't fix the problem.

    Reinstalled Aperture.  It didn't fix the problem either.

     

    30,000 photo versions in limbo... I couldn't sleep last night thinking about how it's all broken

  • by mkalways1,

    mkalways1 mkalways1 Jul 22, 2011 7:45 AM in response to rexwui
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    Jul 22, 2011 7:45 AM in response to rexwui

    I am still screwed with my aperture library not loading so I am clueless

     

    I had the same problem as you with an external drive a month ago.   Go to utilities and run repair permissions, worth a try and it fixed mine last month.

  • by Ernie Stamper,

    Ernie Stamper Ernie Stamper Jul 22, 2011 12:23 PM in response to Peter Wendell
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    Jul 22, 2011 12:23 PM in response to Peter Wendell

    See:

     

    http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3252

     

    The above has been Apple's advice for quite some time, especially as relates to A3 -- why should it be different for Lion?

     

    Ernie

  • by Joachim Frey,

    Joachim Frey Joachim Frey Jul 22, 2011 1:09 PM in response to Ernie Stamper
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    Jul 22, 2011 1:09 PM in response to Ernie Stamper

    @Ernie: Thanks for the link to the Apple support document, but the issue in this threas is about referenced files on network drives, not the Aperture Library location.

     

    I was able to copy my referenced files from the network to an external firewire drive and will reference in Aperture to drive directly connected to my mac, until Apple provides a fix.

     

    JO

  • by Ernie Stamper,

    Ernie Stamper Ernie Stamper Jul 22, 2011 1:16 PM in response to Joachim Frey
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    Jul 22, 2011 1:16 PM in response to Joachim Frey

    My understanding has always been that even referenced masters on a network drive could be problematic.  This got more sensitive, from what I remember, with 3.1.3, and easily more so with Lion.

     

    Ernie

  • by Joachim Frey,

    Joachim Frey Joachim Frey Jul 22, 2011 1:21 PM in response to Ernie Stamper
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    Jul 22, 2011 1:21 PM in response to Ernie Stamper

    I never had a problem with referenced masters until Lion.

    I've been using Aperture since day one.

     

    Many professionals have their referenced masters on network drives.

    I'm wondering how long it will take until Apple can fix it.

     

    JO

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